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Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum Reference List, 2000 - 2023

2023

Carpenter AJ, Zammert M, Zwischenberger J, Sade RM. Surgeon or intensivist: Who can best care for postoperative surgery patients? Ann Thorac Surg. Submitted
Chang SH, Orringer MB, Sade RM. Smoking and the bier: Refusing to operate if the patient keeps smoking. Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep. In Press
Chen S, Entwistle JW, Sade RM. Organ donation by the imminently dead: Addressing the organ shortage and the dead donor rule. J Med Philos. In press
Chen S, Skidmore S, Ferrigno BN, Sade RM. The second victim of unanticipated adverse events. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. In Press
Entwistle JW. Invited commentary: When perfusion is not circulation. Artif Organs. 2023 Feb;47(2):246-247. 
Entwistle JW, Sade RM. Don’t leave the heart behind. Am J Bioethics 2023 Feb;23(2):38-40. 
Fenton KN. Thinking Outside the Box so Everyone can Win. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Apr 5:S0003-4975(23)00355-7. Epub ahead of print. 
Moffatt-Bruce SD. Commentary: Prevention is possible: Our responsibility is real. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Nov 16:S0022-5223(22)01245-4. Epub ahead of print.Moffatt-Bruce SD. Safe Spaces and Cultural Norms: Our Sustainability Plan. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Apr;115(4):1061. 
Moffatt-Bruce SD, Harris K, Rubens FD, Villeneuve PJ, Sundaresan RS. Competency-based training: Canadian cardiothoracic surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Jan 9:S0022-5223(23)00018-1. Epub ahead of print. 
Prager RL, Cohen RG, Deeb GM, Cooper WO, Sade RM. Mini-symposium: The boundaries of professionalism in surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Mar 18:S0003-4975(23)00290-4. Epub ahead of print.
Vervoort D, Fenton KN. Cardiac Surgery in Variable-Resource Contexts: Overly Ambitious or Long Overdue? Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Mar 23:S0003-4975(23)00294-1. Epub ahead of print.
Zeigler SM, Starnes SL, Sade RM. Should a questionably competent resident be allowed to continue in the program? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. In press

2022
Blitzer D, Berlin A, Guariento A, Mayer JE. Redefining Palliative Surgery: The Congenital Cardiac Surgery Experience. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Feb;113(2):383-385.
Blitzer D, Guariento A, Sade RM. Medical Ethics on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Hektoen International. In press
Block MI, Sade RM. Words matter: When a robot is not a robot, and why we should care. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022 Oct 15:S0022-5223(22)01070-4. Epub ahead of print. 
Bremner RM, Ungerleider RM, Ungerleider J, Wolf AS, Erkmen CP, Luc JGY, Litle VR, Cerfolio RJ, Cooke DT; Wellness Committee of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Well-being of Cardiothoracic Surgeons in the Time of COVID-19: A Survey by the Wellness Committee of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Oct 14:S1043-0679(22)00254-4. Epub ahead of print.
Entwistle JW, Drake DH, Fenton KN, Smith MA, Sade RM; Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum. Normothermic Regional Perfusion: Ethical Issues in Thoracic Organ Donation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Jul;114(1):44-51. PMID: 35589419. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Jul;164(1):147-154. PMID: 35369998.
Entwistle JW, Sade RM. Don’t Leave the Heart Behind. Am J Bioethics In press
Entwistle JW, Sade RM, Drake DH. Clinical xenotransplantation seems close: Ethical issues persist. Artif Organs. 2022 Jun;46(6):987-994.
Feldman HA, Luc JGY, Antonoff MB. Diversity in Education-A Necessary Priority for the Future of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Jun;113(6):2111-2112. 
Fenton KN. Xenotransplantation: A microcosm of bioethics. Artif Organs. 2022 Jun;46(6):995-996. doi: 10.1111/aor.14260. Epub 2022 Apr 20. 
Gaudino M, Chikwe J, Bagiella E, Bhatt D, Doenst T,  Fremes S, Lawton J, Creber RM, Sade RM, Zwischenberger B. Methodological standards for the design, implementation and analysis of randomized trials in cardiac surgery. J Am Heart Assoc. In Press 
Gibney B, Detterbeck F, Wood D, Sade RM. Should Lung Cancer Screening Be Suspended During a Pandemic? Ann Thorac Surg 2022;113:9-12. 
LaPar DJ, Bacha E, Mayer JE Jr, Sade RM. Painting a Vivid Picture: Persuasion vs Manipulation in the Consent Process. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 May;113(5):1426-1430.
Papageorge MV, Luc JGY, Olive JK, Antonoff MB. Authorship Trends and Disparities in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Oct 18:S0003-4975(22)01326-1. Epub ahead of print.
Pasquali SK, Thibault D, Hall M, Chiswell K, Romano JC, Gaynor JW, Shahian DM, Jacobs ML, Gaies MG, O'Brien SM, Norton EC, Hill KD, Cowper PA, Shah SS, Mayer JE, Jacobs JP. Evolving Cost-Quality Relationship in Pediatric Heart Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Mar;113(3):866-873.
Sade RM, Carpenter AJ, D’Amico TA, Drake DH, Entwistle JW, Ray S. The Boat, the Sword, and the Opacity of Chinese Transplant Data. J Thorac Cardiovascular Surg. In press
Sade RM, Carpenter AJ, D’Amico TA, Drake DH, Entwistle JW, Ray S. China’s Opaque Wall of Secrecy. Ann Thorac Surg. In press
Sade RM, Entwistle JW, Drake DH, Fenton KN, Smith MA. Tying off brain vessels: Can that be OK? Ann Thorac Surg. In press.
Sade RM, Gibney BC, Hawkins RB. When life support is pointless, stop it. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022 Sep 22:S0022-5223(22)01015-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36244820
Sade RM, Mukherjee R. Ethical Issues in Xenotransplantation: The First Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Mar;113(3):712-714.
Sade RM, Roselli EE, Deeb GM. The continuing dilemma of infective endocarditis and drug addiction. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Mar;113(3):1049-1050.
Sade RM. Consanguineous Blood Transfusion for Jehovah's Witness Child? Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Feb 20:S0003-4975(22)00210-7. Epub ahead of print.
Skidmore S, Ferrigno BN, Chen S, Sade RM. Keeping Patients Safe: Criminal Prosecution Is Not the Way. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Aug 18:S0003-4975(22)01110-9.
Smedira N, Whyte R,  Sade RM. Ethics and end-of-life care: Does everyone need high technology intervention before they die? Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Oct 26:S1043-0679(22)00258-1. Epub ahead of print.
Trudell AM, Frankel WC, Luc JGY, Blackmon SH, Kane L, Varghese TK Jr, Antonoff MB. Enhancing Support for Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery Through Allyship and Targeted Initiatives. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 May;113(5):1676-1683.
Van Bakel AB, Moore SA, Welker D, Morella K, Nicolas K, Craig ML, Crumbley AJ, Sade RM. Hemodynamic effects of high dose levothyroxine and methylprednisolone in brain-dead potential organ donors. Transplantation. 2022 Aug 1;106(8):1677-1689.

2021

Antonoff MB, Feldman H, Luc JGY, Iaeger PI, Rubin ML, Li L, Vaporciyan AA. Gender Bias in the Evaluation of Surgical Performance: Results of a Prospective Randomized Trial. Ann Surg. 2021 Jun 18. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005015.
Bharadwaj SN, Luc JGY, Love R, Antonoff MB, Odell DD. The Unfulfilled Need for Technical Skill Assessments Among Academic Cardiothoracic Surgeons. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Jun 2:S1043-0679(21)00268-9. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.05.016.
Blitzer D, Coleman N, Amory S. A Complex History: Reckoning With Prejudice in Surgery's Past. Ann Surg. 2021 Mar 1;273(3):e81-e82. 
Do-Nguyen CC, Han JJ, Luc JGY. Checklist manifesto for our specialty's wellness. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Aug 29:S0022-5223(20)32261-3. 
Felmly LM, Sade RM. Ethical controversies related to the care of an intravenous drug abuser with endocarditis. In Kilic A, Infective Endocarditis: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Cambridge MA:Academic Press. November 2021:307-326.
Gaudino M, Chikwe J, Bagiella E, Bhatt DL, Doenst T, Fremes SE, Lawton J, Masterson Creber RM, Sade RM, Zwischenberger BA; American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia. Methodological Standards for the Design, Implementation, and Analysis of Randomized Trials in Cardiac Surgery: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2022 Jan 25;145(4):e129-e142. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001037. Epub 2021 Dec 6. 
Ghandour H, Luc JGY. Intersection of Race and Gender in Surgical Training. JAMA Surg. 2021 Feb 3. 
Guariento A, Blitzer D, Vida V. Commentary: Donor selection in heart transplantation: It's a match! J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Jan 19:S0022-5223(21)00107-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.01.012.
Han JJ, Luc JGY, Blitzer D, Coyan GN, Sade RM. Ethics in Cardiothoracic Surgery. In TSRA Clinical Review 3rd Edition. 2021.
Han JJ, Mays JC, Iyengar A, Luc JGY, Patrick WL, Helmers MR, Smood B, Kelly JJ, Williams ML, Szeto WY, Cevasco M. Wisdom From Past Presidents of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Oct;112(4):1372-1377.
Horslen LC, Kotova S, Hankins V,  Sandoz J, Wang M, Sade RM, Handy JR, Jr. CHEST Watch: A High School Outreach Program. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Jul 17:S1043-0679(21)00325-7. 
Klapper J, Denlinger C, Sade RM. Smoking relapse after lung transplantation: Is a second transplant justified? Ann Thorac Surg. In Press
Luc JGY, Ad N, Nguyen TC, et al. Cardiac surgeons' concerns, perceptions, and responses during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Card Surg. 2021 Sep;36(9):3040-3051.
Luc JGY, Corsini EM, Mitchell KG, Correa AM, Turner NS, Vaporciyan AA, Antonoff MB. Effect of Operating Room Personnel Generation on Perceptions and Responses to Surgeon Behavior. Am Surg. 2021 Dec;87(12):1934-1945.
Luc JGY, Han JJ, Sade, RM. What Makes Surgical Ethics Unique? In Lonchyna VA, Kelley P, Angelos P. Difficult Decisions in Surgical Ethics. Geneva, Switzerland:Springer Nature 2021
Luc JGY, Lee R. Malpractice litigation: The unmeasured complication. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Feb 24:S0022-5223(20)33409-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.12.055. PMID: 33640123.
Mayer JE. Surgeons and Industry Support: How to Find the Balance? Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Dec;112(6):2045-2046.
Moffatt-Bruce SD. Healthcare systems approach to patient reported outcomes-benefits and challenges in thoracic surgery. J Thorac Dis. 2020 Nov;12(11):6947-6951.
Moffatt-Bruce SD, Kneuertz PJ. Mentorship Effectiveness: This Is Our Responsibility. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Aug;112(2):651. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.08.111.
Patterson ES, Rayo MF, Edworthy JR, Moffatt-Bruce SD. Applying Human Factors Engineering to Address the Telemetry Alarm Problem in a Large Medical Center. Hum Factors. 2021 May 19:187208211018883. doi: 10.1177/00187208211018883.
Roselli E, Deeb M, Sade RM. Should opioid addicts have a second valve replacement for endocarditis? Ann Thorac Surg Ann Thorac Surg 2021;111:401-6. 
Sade RM, Brasel K, Entwistle JW III. Family presence for acutely dying patients. Ann Thorac Surg. In press
Sade RM, Carpenter AJ, D’Amico TA, Drake DH, Entwistle JW, Ray S, Tweddell JS. Unethical Studies on Transplantation in Cardiothoracic Surgery Journals. Simultaneously published in: Ann Thorac Surg. 2021;112:1746-52.; J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 2021 Dec;162(6):1647-1653. 
Sade RM, Carpenter AJ, D’Amico TA, Drake DH, Entwistle JW, Ray S, Tweddell JS, for the Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum. Unethical Studies on Transplantation in Cardiothoracic Surgery Journals. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, Ann Thorac Surg
Sade RM, Metras DR. In the beginning… The early Boston years with Aldo Castaneda. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2021 Oct 19:21501351211051664. 
Sade RM, Roselli EE, Deeb GM. The Continuing Dilemma of Infective Endocarditis and Drug Addiction. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Apr 8:S0003-4975(21)00658-5. 
Sade RM. Ethical analysis: The power of “the” to mislead. Ann Thorac Surg In Press
Sade RM. Ethical Guidelines and Psychological Distress in a Pandemic. (Correspondence) Ann Thorac Surg In Press
Sade RM. Measuring surgical competence — why, when, how, and what to do about it. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. In Press
Specker Sullivan L, Sade RM. Introduction: Race and Ethnicity in 21st Century Health Care. J Law Med Ethics In Press 
Sullivan LS, Pelzer D, Rice A, Peterson YK, Sade RM, Townsend DM, Vaughan L, Nichols M, Zisk N. Responsibility for structural racism in medicine: Reflections and recommendations from one institution. Narrat Inq Bioeth. 2021;11(2):221-229. 

2020

Arnold JF, Sade RM. Regulating marijuana use in the United States: moving past the gateway hypothesis of drug use. J Law Med Ethics In Press
Blitzer D. The Consent Refusenik. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Dec;108(6):1609-1610. 
Blitzer D, Sade RM. Consent in the Acute Setting: A Necessary Evolution. Am J Bioeth. 2020 Jun;20(5):40-42.
Devon K, Sade RM. Surgical ethics: How I teach it. Ann Thorac Surg. December 2020;110:1805-1808. Sep 14:S0003-4975(20)31472-7. 
Drake D, Morrow CD, Kinlaw K, De Bonis M, Zangrillo A, Sade RM; Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum. Cardiothoracic surgeons in pandemics: Ethical considerations. 
Simultaneously published in:
Ann Thorac Surg doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.03.006. 
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Aug;160(2):456-459. PMID: 32689702
D’Souza DM, Sade RM, Moffatt-Bruce SD. The many facets of research integrity: what can we do to ensure it? J Thorac Cardiothoracic Surg In Press
Entwistle JWC, Fenton KN. Rethinking the ethics of ventricular assist device withdrawal. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Apr;159(4):1328-1332. PMID: 31810648
Entwistle JWC, Fenton KN. There are limits to autonomy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Jul;160(1):e6-e7. PMID: 32252989
Farkas E, Fenton K, Angelos P, Sade R. Ethics of COVID-19 management and resource utilization. April 2020. doi:10.25373/ctsnet.12137259
Fischkoff K, Nakagawa S, Blitzer D, Naka Y. An ethical justification for the withdrawal of ventricular assist devices. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Jul;160(1):e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.01.075. PMID: 32169376.
Han JJ, Luc J. Ethical Guidelines and Moral Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Trainees' Perspective. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jun 5:S0003-4975(20)30876-6. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.04.080. PMID: 32511991; PMCID: PMC7274124.
Han JJ, Luc JGY, Pak E. Ethical Dilemmas Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic: Dealing With the Unknowns and Unanswerables During Training. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Sep 8;76(10):1266-1269. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.07.041. PMID: 32883420; PMCID: PMC7458529.
Harahsheh AS, Sade RM. Active and passive euthanasia in the context of severe congenital heart disease. In Mavroudis C, Cook T, Mavroudis CD, eds., Bioethical Controversies in Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. New York: Springer Publishing Co. 2020 
Luc JGY, Vervoort D, Han JJ, Sade RM, Part of the cure or spreader of the disease? Ann Thorac Surg (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.03.103
Moffatt-Bruce SD, D’Amico T, Weisel R, Sade RM. "Commentary: Trust but Verify: How do we keep the faith?" J Thorac Cardiothorac Surg. In press
Ma X, Luc JGY. Letter to the Editor: Cultural Barriers for Women in Surgery-How Thick is the Glass Ceiling? An Analysis from a Low-Middle-Income Country. World J Surg. 2020 Sep;44(9):3188-3189. doi: 10.1007/s00268-020-05624-w. PMID: 32494997.
Moffatt-Bruce SD, Lee ME, Kneuertz PJ. Quality improvement in cardiothoracic surgery residency: Training in the culture of change. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Jun 9:S0022-5223(20)31088-6. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32532501 
Sade RM, Entwistle JWC. Limiting multi-organ transplantation: Your patient should not receive two organs while mine receives none. Ann Thorac Surg 2020 Jul 23:S0003-4975(20)31187-5. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.05.132. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32712097 
Sade RM, Rylski B, Swain JA, Entwistle JWC, Ceppa DP, for the Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum. Institutional investigations of ethically flawed reports in cardiothoracic surgery journals.  
Simultaneously published in:
Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Apr;109(4):993-995. PMID: 32007231
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020 May;159(5):1903-1905. PMID: 32007243
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann In press
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2020;57:617–619 PMID: 31995167
Sade RM. Can a physician ever justifiably euthanize a severely disabled newborn? In Schuklenk U, Singer P, Kuhse H (eds) Bioethics: An Anthology (4th ed). Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. New York:Wiley-Blackwell 2020
Sade RM. Commentary: Of Ghosts, phantoms, and authors. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg In press
Sade RM. Opioid Controversies: The Crisis—Causes and Solutions, J Law Med Ethics In Press
Sade RM. Reply: Death is sad, but no one’s bad to stop a VAD. J Thorac Cardovasc Surg. 2020 Jul;160(1):e5-e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.02.016. Epub 2020 Mar 9. 
Swain JD, Soegaard Ballester JM, Luc JGY, Han JJ. Burning the candle at both ends: Mitigating surgeon burnout at the training stages. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Jul 16:S0022-5223(20)32147-4. 

2019

Allan JS, Ferreres A, Sade RM. Neighborly Help or Itinerant Surgery? Ann Thorac Surg.  2019 Feb;107(2):335-340. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.08.044. Epub 2018 Oct 10. PMID: 30312612
Arnold JF, Arshonsky J, Bloch K, Holzman E, Sade RM. A review of South Carolina’s opioid abuse prevention study: legislative and non-legislative opportunities to move forward. J Publ Health Manag Pract. 2019 May/Jun;25(3):221-228. PMID: 30933957
Baliga P, Sade RM. New liver allocation policy: flawed moral and empirical foundations. J Law Med Ethics 2019 Jun;47(2):320-322. PMID: 31298109
Carpenter AJ, Novick W, Sade RM. TAVR for Short Term Benefit, with Social Indications. Ann Thorac Surg  2019 Mar 22. pii: S0003-4975(19)30387-X. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.02.038. PMID: 30910658
Das S, McKneally M.   The Surgeon-in-Chief should oversee innovative surgical practice.  Am J Bioethics 2019; 19:6,34-36.
Devereaux M, Brothers K, Sade RM. Bespoke Babies: Genome Editing in Cystic Fibrosis Embryos. Ann Thorac Surg Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 May 29. pii: S0003-4975(19)30708-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.04.030. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31152729
Entwistle JWC 3rd. Cost-effectiveness and the ethics of left ventricular assist device therapy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Oct;154(4):1315-1318. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.03.121. Epub 2017 Apr 6. PMID: 28483265
Entwistle JWC 3rd. Noninformed Consent and Autonomy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Dec;108(6):1610. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.08.006. PMID: 31761256
Entwistle JWC, Fenton KN. Rethinking the ethics of ventricular assist device withdrawal. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Dec 3. pii: S0022-5223(19)31823-9. No abstract available. PMID: 31810648
Fenton KN, Cardarelli M, Molloy F, Novick WM. Ethics in humanitarian efforts: when should resources be allocated to paediatric heart surgery? Cardiol Young 2019 Jan;29(1):36-39. doi: 10.1017/S1047951118001713. Epub 2018 Oct 18. PMID: 30334497
Fenton KN, Molloy F, Novick WM. Ethics in humanitarian efforts: giving due credit to the local team. Cardiol Young 2019 Feb;29(2):195-199. doi: 10.1017/S1047951118002081. PMID: 30785386
Fenton KN, Huffman GB. How should a surgeon respond to a patient's request to hasten death? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Oct 26. pii: S0022-5223(18)32851-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.10.078. PMID: 30501943
Ferrigno BN, Sade RM. Ethics of recruiting research subjects through social media. Am J Bioethics. 2019 Jun;19(6):73-75. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2019.1602192. PMID: 31135321
Killackey T, MacIver J, Murphy P, Storey H, Eason M, McKneally M.  Introducing advance care planning prior to high-risk operations:  A pilot project in the cardiovascular surgery department.  Can J Cardiology 2016; 32(10), Supplement 1, pg 5329. 
Krupat E, Dienstag JL, Padrino SL, Mayer JE Jr, Shore MF, Young A, Chaudhry HJ, Pelletier SR, Reis BY. Do Professionalism Lapses in Medical School Predict Problems in Residency and Clinical Practice? Acad Med. 2019 Dec 31. PMID: 31895703
Mensah GA, Jaquish C, Fenton KN, et al. Emerging Concepts in Precision Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases in Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations. Circ Res. 2019 Jun 21;125(1):7-13. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.119.314970. Epub 2019 Jun 20. PMID: 31219738
Millikan S, Trachiotis G, Sade RM. Process is helpful, but the procurement problem persists. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019 Apr;157(4):e202. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.10.122. PMID: 30901809
Moffatt-Bruce SD, D’Amico TA, Weisel RD, Sade, RM. The Aggressive Cholesterol Therapy to Inhibit Vein Graft Events trial: To continue or not? How to answer the question.. J . J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Jan;157(1):164-165. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.09.066. Epub 2018 Oct 9. PMID: 30396741
Moffatt-Bruce SD, Nguyen MC, Steinberg B, Holliday S, Klatt M. Interventions to Reduce Burnout and Improve Resilience: Impact on a Health System's Outcomes. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Sep;62(3):432-443. PMID: 31107254
Nabozny M, Kruser J, Steffens N, Pecanac K, Brasel K, Chittenden E, Cooper Z, McKneally M, Schwarze ML.  Patient-reported limitations to surgical buy-in:  A qualitative study of patients facing high-risk surgery.  Ann Surg 2017; 265(1):97-102.
Sade RM. A noninformed patient consents to cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Jun 26. PMID: 312545
Varghese TK, Entwistle J III, Mayer J, Moffat-Bruce S, Sade RM. For the Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum.  Ethical standards for cardiothoracic surgeons’ participation in social media. Ann Thorac Surg 2019 Jun 21. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.04.003. PMID: 31262490; J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019 Jun 14. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.03.029. PMID: 31262539
Vervoort D, Sade RM, Luc JGY. Ethics in resource-constrained settings: when palliation is more important than another scar. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg  [Epub Ahead of Print: 2019 October]
Woo YJ, Handy JR, Millikan JS, Sade RM. First in line for robotic surgery: would you want to know? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Nov 16. pii: S0022-5223(18)32975-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.11.025. PMID: 30578065
 
2018

Arnold JF, Boan AD, Lackland D, Sade RM. Clinical and Translational Research Ethics: Training Consultants and Biomedical Research Personnel. Am J Bioeth 2018 Jan;18(1):57-61. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2017.1401172. PMID: 29313773
Backhus LM, Fann BE, Hui DS, Cooke DT, Berfield KS, Moffatt-Bruce SD. Culture of Safety and Gender Inclusion in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2018 Oct;106(4):951-958. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.07.011. Epub 2018 Aug 16. PMID: 30120943
Bryan DS, Sade RM. Delegation of Informed Consent: Law and Ethics. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Sep;106(3):651-653. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.05.015. Epub 2018 Jun 5. PMID: 29883650
Fenton KN, Huffman GB. The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Ethics Forum: How should a surgeon respond to a patient’s request to hasten death? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2018 Oct 26. pii: S0022-5223(18)32851-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.10.078. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30501943
Fenton KN. Found in the Translation. Narrat Inq Bioeth. 2018;8(1):6-9. doi: 10.1353/nib.2018.0003. PMID: 29657166
Fox D, Coselli JS, Sade RM. The patient said he would rather die: Should you let him? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Sep 4. pii: S0022-5223(18)32290-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.08.044. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30278999
Gabbe SG, Hagan Vetter M, Nguyen MC, Moffatt-Bruce S, Fowler JM. Changes in the burnout profile of chairs of academic departments of obstetrics and gynecology over the past 15 years. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Sep;219(3):303.e1-303.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.06.012. Epub 2018 Jun 28. PMID: 29959932
Horwood CR, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Fitzgerald M, Rayo MF. A qualitative analysis of clinical decompensation in the surgical patient: Perceptions of nurses and physicians. Surgery 2018 Dec;164(6):1311-1315. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.06.006. Epub 2018 Jul 27. PMID: 30061038
Millikan JS, Trachiotis G, Sade RM. Should a surgeon comply with hospital administration's demand to change valve preference? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Dec;156(6):2210-2215. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.044. Epub 2018 Jul 29. PMID: 30201122
Millikan S, Trachiotis G, Sade RM. Should a surgeon comply with hospital administration’s demand to change valve preference?  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2018 Dec;156(6):2210-2215. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.044. Epub 2018 Jul 29. PMID: 30201122
Moffatt-Bruce S, Clark S, DiMaio M, Fann J. Leadership Oversight for Patient Safety Programs: An Essential Element. Ann Thorac Surg 2018 Feb;105(2):351-356. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.11.021. Epub 2017 Dec 21. PMID: 29275825
Prager RL, Murillo Berlioz A, Trachiotis GD, Zwischenberger JB, Sade RM. Battling the Chimaera: How Much Disclosure of Rare Risks Is Necessary? Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Aug;106(2):327-332. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.03.076. Epub 2018 May 3. PMID: 29730346
Sade RM. Perspectives on Alzheimer's Disease: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues. J Law Med Ethics. 2018 Sep;46(3):691-693. doi: 10.1177/1073110518804229. PMID: 30336097
Spillman MA, Sade RM. A Woman in Full. Am J Bioeth. 2018 Jul;18(7):32-34. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1478028. PMID: 30040572
Warraich HJ, Sewell RW, Sade RM. Biting the dust with medical help: Should state law legitimize physician-assisted suicide? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Sep 5. pii: S0022-5223(18)32314-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.08.061. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30269978

2017

Arnold JF, Sade RM. Wearable technologies in collegiate sports: the ethics of collecting biometric data from student-athletes. Am J Bioeth 2017;17(1):67-70, DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2016.1251648.
Brasel KJ, Entwistle JW 3rd, Sade RM. Should family presence be allowed during cardiopulmonary resuscitation? Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Nov;102(5):1438-1443. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.02.011.
Camp M, Gross A, McKneally M. Patient views on financial relationships between surgeons and surgical device manufacturers: author response. Can J Surg. 2015 Dec;58(6):E8-9.
Cua S, Moffatt-Bruce S, White S. Reputation and the Best Hospital Rankings: What Does It Really Mean? Am J Med Qual. 2017 Nov/Dec;32(6):632-637
Fenton KN. A Father's Broken Heart. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Dec;102(6):1786. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.09.085.
Entwistle JWC 3rd. The American Association for Thoracic Surgery 2016 Ethics Forum: Cost-effectiveness and the ethics of left ventricular assist device therapy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Oct;154(4):1315-1318.
Ferrigno BN, Sade RM. Beyond “Sign at the X”: In pursuit of comprehension, Am J Bioeth Neuroscience 2017;8(1):41-43.
Hefner JL, Huerta TR, McAlearney AS, Barash B, Latimer T, Moffatt-Bruce SD. Navigating a ship with a broken compass: evaluating standard algorithms to measure patient safety. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2017 Mar 1;24(2):310-315
Kavarana MN, Turnbull JM, Sade RM. Should a Down Syndrome child with a failing heart be offered heart transplantation? Ann Thorac Surg 2017;104:1111–6
Moffatt-Bruce S, Crestanello J, Way DP, Williams TE Jr. Providing cardiothoracic services in 2035: Signs of trouble ahead. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Oct 31
Moffatt-Bruce SD. Public reporting: Will this help inform what patients and families need to know? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Jun;153(6):1623-1626
Nabozny MJ, Kruser JM, Steffens NM, Pecanac KE, Brasel KJ, Chittenden EH, Cooper Z, McKneally MF, Schwarze ML. Patient-reported limitations to surgical buy-in: a qualitative study of patients facing high-risk surgery. Ann Surg. 2017 Jan;265(1):97-102
Rice MM, Sade RM. Mitigation of smoking damage: hospitals and the nudge. J SC Med Assoc January 2017(3);262-265
Sade RM, Boan AD. Accounting for outcomes: lies, damned lies, and statistics. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017 May;153(5):1212-1213. 
Sade RM, Kavarana M. Surgical Ethics, Today and Tomorrow. Future Cardiol. 2017 Nov;13(6):567-578. PMID: 29052454
Sade RM. A Surprising Alliance: Two Giants of the 20th Century. Ann Thorac Surg 2017;103:2015–9 
Sade RM. Controversies in clinical research ethics. J Law Med Ethics 2017;45(3):291-294

2016

Bonkowski J, Carnes C, Melucci J, Mirtallo J, Prier B, Reichert E, Moffatt-Bruce S, Weber R. Effect of barcode-assisted medication administration on emergency department medication errors. Acad Emerg Med. 2013 Aug;20(8):801-6
Bonkowski J, Weber RJ, Melucci J, Pesavento T, Henry M, Moffatt-Bruce S. Improving medication administration safety in solid organ transplant patients through barcode-assisted medication administration. Am J Med Qual. 2014 May-Jun;29(3):236-41
Bumpass DB, Samora JB, Butler CA, Jevsevar DS, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Bozic KJ. Orthopaedic Quality Reporting: A Comprehensive Review of the Current Landscape and a Roadmap for Progress. JBJS Rev. 2014 Aug 26;2(8)
Chandrasekaran A, Anand G, Sharma L, Pesavanto T, Hauenstein ML, Nguyen M, Gadkari M, Moffatt-Bruce S. Role of in-hospital care quality in reducing anxiety and readmissions of kidney transplant recipients. J Surg Res. 2016 Sep;205(1):252-259.e1
Clarke MJ, Fenton K, Sade RM. Does declaration of brain death serve the best interest of organ donors rather than merely facilitating organ transplantation? Ann Thorac Surg 2016 Jun;101(6):2053-8
Elsharydah A, Warmack KO, Minhajuddin A, Moffatt-Bruce SD. Retained surgical items after abdominal and pelvic surgery: Incidence, trend and predictors- observational study. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2016 Nov 15;12:60-64.
Fann JI, Moffatt-Bruce SD, DiMaio JM, Sanchez JA. Human Factors and Human Nature in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jun;101(6):2059-66
Fenton KN. Ethical dilemmas at the bedside: how do we decide? Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016;64:15–16
Gray DM 2nd, Hefner JL, Nguyen MC, Eiferman D, Moffatt-Bruce SD. The Link Between Clinically Validated Patient Safety Indicators and Clinical Outcomes. Am J Med Qual. 2016 Dec 8. pii: 1062860616683014.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Fiduciary disparity clarity: Ethics of divided allegiances. J Vasc Surg. 2016 Feb;63(2):546-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.12.008.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. The ethics of dysfunctional professional relationships. J Vasc Surg. 2016 Jun;63(6):1651-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.04.001.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. The ethics of insurance limiting institutional medical care: It's all about the money. J Vasc Surg. 2016 Apr;63(4):1108-9
Jones JW, McCullough LB. The ethics of insurance limiting institutional medical care: It's all about the money. J Vasc Surg. 2016 Apr;63(4):1108-9
Magruder K, Goretzka SC, Sade RM. Human subjects research: efficiency and quality for the military and beyond. Am J Bioeth 2015; 2016 Aug;16(8):48-50
Mavroudis C, Gaca J, Sade RM. Can a surgeon refuse to operate when an advance directive limits postoperative care? Ann Thorac Surg 2016;102(4):1046-51
McAlearney AS, Sieck CJ, Hefner JL, Aldrich AM, Walker DM, Rizer MK, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Huerta TR. High Touch and High Tech (HT2) Proposal: Transforming Patient Engagement Throughout the Continuum of Care by Engaging Patients with Portal Technology at the Bedside. JMIR Res Protoc. 2016 Nov 29;5(4):e221
Moffatt-Bruce SD, Ferdinand FD, Fann JI. Patient Safety: Disclosure of Medical Errors and Risk Mitigation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Aug;102(2):358-62
Moffatt-Bruce SD, Nguyen MC, Fann JI, Westaby S. Our new reality of public reporting: shame rather than blame? Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Apr;101(4):1255-61
Nabozny MJ, Kruser JM, Steffens NM, Pecanac KE, Brasel KJ, Chittenden EH, Cooper Z, McKneally MF, Schwarze ML. Patient-reported limitations to surgical buy-in: a qualitative study of patients facing high-risk surgery. Ann Surg. 2016 Jan 18
Ohye RG, Jaggers JJ, Sade RM. Must surgeons in training programs allow residents to operate on their patients to satisfy board requirements? Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jan;101(1):18-23
Sade RM, for the Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum. Sanctions for research misconduct in cardiothoracic surgery journals. Ann Thorac Surg 2016;102(3):685-687. 
    Simultaneous publication: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Sep;152(3):661-3
Sade RM. Ethical and legal issues in pediatrics. J Law Med Ethics 2016;44(2):228-230
Sade RM. It takes a heart to save a family. Ann Thorac Surg 2016;102(6):1782-1789
Sade RM. Mandates and morality: forcing choice in organ donation. Am J Bioeth. In press
 
 
2015

Bannon A, Sade RM. Pediatric Assent for surgery: important but not definitive. Ann Behavioral Sci Med Educ 2015, 21(2 ):21–27
Camp MW, Gross AE, McKneally MF. Patient views on financial relationships between surgeons and surgical device manufacturers. Can J Surg. 2015 Oct;58(5):323-9.
Chimowitz H, Hough S, Sade RM. Enhancement, ethics, and existentialism. Am J Bioethics Neuroscience. 2015;6(1):48-49
Chimowitz H, Sade RM. Benefits and harms to organ donors. Am J Bioethics 2015;15(8):19-20
Chimowitz H, Sade RM. Introduction to the symposium: dangerous to stay, dangerous to leave: ethical and legal issues in domestic violence. J South Carolina Med Assoc 2015;111(3):83-84
Fenton K, Ellis J, Sade RM. Should a thoracic surgeon transfer a complicated case to a competing medical center against the hospital's order? Ann Thorac Surg 2015 Aug;100(2):389-93.
Fenton KN, Cardarelli M. Different paths to the same end: a response to the question: quo vadis? Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Feb;63(1):80.
Fenton KN. Ethical Dilemmas at the Bedside: How Do We Decide? Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016;64:15–16.
Ferrigno B, Shelton K, Sade RM. South Carolina’s current approach to overcoming the domestic violence epidemic. J South Carolina Med Assoc2015;111(3):85-90
Hilligoss B, Mansfield JA, Patterson ES, Moffatt-Bruce SD. Collaborating or "selling" patients? A conceptual framework for emergency department-to-inpatient handoff negotiations. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2015 Mar;41(3):134-43.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Is a gift authorship really a grift authorship? J Vasc Surg. 2015 Apr;61(4):1092-3.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Is medical advertising always unethical, or does it just seem to be? J Vasc Surg. 2015 Jun;61(6):1635-6.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Obligations and frustrations with high-risk patients: ethics of physicians' evaluations. J Vasc Surg. 2015 Feb;61(2):533-4.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. To treat or not to treat: On what should surgical therapy be based? J Vasc Surg. 2015 Dec;62(6):1658-9.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. What is meant by high-risk informed consent? J Vasc Surg. 2015 Aug;62(2):510-1.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Where does innovation adaptation end and experimentation begin? J Vasc Surg. 2015 Oct;62(4):1074-5.
Kruser JM, Pecanac KE, Brasel KJ, Cooper Z, Steffens NM, McKneally MF, Schwarze ML. "And I think that we can fix it": mental models used in high-risk surgical decision making. Ann Surg. 2015 Apr;261(4):678-84.
Moffatt-Bruce S, Hefner JL, McAlearney AS. Facing the tension between quality measures and patient satisfaction. Am J Med Qual. 2015 Sep-Oct;30(5):489-90.
Sade RM, Akins CW, Weisel RD. Managing conflicts of interest. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015;149(4):971-2
Sade RM. Can a physician ever justifiably euthanize a severely disabled newborn? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015;149(2):532
Sade RM. Can a physician ever justifiably euthanize a severely disabled newborn? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015;149(2):532
Sade RM. Surgical Ethics: Conflicts and Controversies. New York:Oxford University Press. February, 2015.
Sade RM. The Pudding, the Beef, and Conflicts of Interest. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 150(1):12-13
Smith EA, Akusoba I, Sabol DM, Stawicki SP, Granson MA, Ellison EC, Moffatt-Bruce SD. Surgical safety checklist: Productive, nondisruptive, and the "right thing to do". J Postgrad Med. 2015 Jul-Sep;61(3):214-5

2014

Atz TW, Sade RM, Williams P. Perceptions of academic health science research center personnel regarding informed consent processes & therapeutic misconception. Account Res. 2014;21(5):300-14
Baskaran A, Sade RM. The relevance of research study phase to disclosure of off-label drug availability. Am J Bioethics 2014;14(4):53-4.
Hilligoss B, Moffatt-Bruce SD. The limits of checklists: handoff and narrative thinking. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014 Jul;23(7):528-33
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Defining, aligning, or declining do not resuscitate during surgery. J Vasc Surg. 2014 Apr;59(4):1152-3.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Discovering overtreatment: Second-opinion dilemma. J Vasc Surg. 2014 Dec;60(6):1690-2
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Ethics of administrative guidance: how much is too much? J Vasc Surg. 2014 Jun;59(6):1737-8
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Extending life or prolonging death: when is enough actually too much? J Vasc Surg. 2014 Aug;60(2):521-2
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Is "your only hope" medical treatment choice really a choice? J Vasc Surg. 2014 Oct;60(4):1083-4
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Publishing corruption discussion: predatory journalism. J Vasc Surg. 2014 Feb;59(2):536-7.
Jones JW, Novick W, Sade RM. Should a medical center deny employment to a physician because he smokes tobacco products? Ann Thorac Surg 2014;98(3):799–805
Moffatt-Bruce S, Denlinger C, Sade RM. Another surgeon’s error: must you tell the patient? Ann Thorac Surg 2014;98(2):396-401
Patel N, Sade RM. Ethical and legal aspects of prescription stimulant use by medical students. J SC Med Assoc 2014;130(4):127-133
Sade RM, McKneally MF.  Evolution of STS ethical standards: adjudication, policy making, and education.  Ann Thorac Surg 2014;97(1):S44-47.
Sade RM, Boan AD. The paradox of the dead donor rule: increasing death on the waiting list. Am J Bioethics  2014;14(8):21-3
Sade RM. All we do not know. Humanitas (MUSC) 2014;18:2-4
Sade RM. Brain science in the 21st century: clinical controversies and ethical and legal implications. J Law Med Ethics 2-14;42(2):124-127 
Sade RM. Consequences of the dead donor rule. Ann Thorac Surg 2014 Apr;97(4):1131-2.
Sade RM. Ethical myths and misconceptions. J So Carolina Med Assoc 2014;110(2):65-69
Sade RM. Myths and misconceptions in biomedical ethics, 2013. In Margolis PM, Raymond W. Waggoner Lectureship in Ethics and Values in Medicine. Dallas, TX:Createspace Independent Pub. 2014:325-49 
Spillman MA, Sade RM. I, robotic surgeon. Virtual Mentor 2014;16(10):813-7. Available at http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2014/10/stas2-1410.html
Suri M, McKneally M, Devon K. Tragic knowledge: truth telling and the maintenance of hope in surgery. World J Surg. 2014 Jul;38(7):1626-30
Suri M, McKneally M, Devon K. Withholding tragic knowledge may lead to a tragic death: a palliative care perspective: reply. World J Surg. 2014 Dec;38(12):3292

2013

Camp MW, Mattingly DA, Gross AE, Nousiainen MT, Alman BA, McKneally MF. Patients' views on surgeons' financial conflicts of interest. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2013 Jan 16;95(2):e91-8.
Crumbley AJ, Sade RM. Heart transplant program volume is not a measure of quality. Ann Thorac Surg 2013 Apr;95(4):1509-10
Czeisler CA, Pellegrini CA, Sade RM. Should sleep-deprived surgeons be prohibited from operating without patients’ consent? Ann Thorac Surg 2013;95 (2):757–66.
Dresler CM, Kent MS, Whyte R, Sade RM. HCV infected resident: end of residency, end of career? Ann Thorac Surg Ann Thorac Surg 2013;95(3):779–86
Jacobs J, Mavroudis C, Sade RM. Surgical tourism: The role of cardiothoracic surgery societies in evaluating international surgery centers. Ann Thorac Surg 2013 Jul;96(1):8-14
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Limits of confidentiality: to disclose or not to disclose. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Aug;58(2):521-3
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Medicine versus religion in the surgical intensive care unit: Who is in charge? J Vasc Surg. 2013 Apr;57(4):1146-7.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Operating one-handed: emergency treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Feb;57(2):573-5.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. The ethics of imposing healthy professional lifestyles on professionals. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Jun;57(6):1693-4
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Transgression confession: Ethics of medical error disclosure. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Dec;58(6):1697-9
Jones JW, McCullough LB. When money and principles clash: the ethics of a surgical teaching service. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Oct;58(4):1115-6
Jones JW. Cartoons and AIDS: safer sex, HIV, and AIDS in Ralf König's comics. J Homosex. 2013 Aug;60(8):1096-116
Karimi K, McKneally MF, Adamson PA. Ethical considerations in aesthetic rhinoplasty.  Arch Facial Plast Surg 2012; 14(6):442-50
Mavroudis C, Mavroudis CD, Green J, Sade RM, Jacobs JP, Kodish E. Ethical considerations for post-cardiotomy extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Cardiol Young. 2013;22(6):780-786.
Mazotas IG, McKneally MF, Wall A, Kodner IJ, Keune JD. When a patient refuses treatment for a postoperative complication: the ethics of postoperative care. Surgery. 2013 Nov;154(5):1131-4
Pecanac KE, Kehler JM, Brasel KJ, Cooper Z, Steffens NM, McKneally MF, Schwarze ML. It's Big Surgery: Preoperative Expressions of Risk, Responsibility, and Commitment to Treatment After High-Risk Operations. Ann Surg. 2013 Nov 18. 
Sade RM, Lin SS, Pal JD. Reply to Kumar: Prisoners on death row. (Correspondence) Ann Thorac Surg 2013 Feb;95(2):770-1
Sade RM. Are surgeons ethically obligated to treat Medicare patients despite substantial reductions in reimbursement? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013 Jan;145(1):37
Sade RM. Response to the case study of “To transplant or not to transplant?” Ann Behav Sci Med Educ. 2013;19(1):35-37
Sade RM. Should access to TAVR be limited to high-volume surgical centers? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013; 145 (1):1439-1440
Smyth JK, Deveney KE, Sade RM. Who should adopt robotic surgery, and when? Ann Thorac Surg 2013 Oct;96(4):1132-7
Stone ML, Kern JA, Sade RM. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: clinical aspects and ethical considerations. Ann Thorac Surg 2012 Dec;94(6):1791-5
Williams JB, Sade RM, D’Amico TA. Framing for Success: Nocebo Effects in Thoracic Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2013;95(1):9-11 

2012

Akins CW. An issue of accountability. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Sep;144(3):530-1.
Akins CW. The ethical dilemma of thoracic surgery recertification. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Mar;143(3):521-2.
Blake JH, Schwemmer MK, Sade RM. The patient-surgeon relationship in the cyber era: communication and information. Thorac Surg Clin 2012;22(4):531-538.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Discontent with operative consent. J Vasc Surg. 2012 Apr;55(4):1185-6.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Ethics of medical finance: when is enough too much? J Vasc Surg. 2012 Oct;56(4):1153-4. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Ethics of treating postoperative pain. J Vasc Surg. 2012 Feb;55(2):583-4.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Medical care manifesto. J Vasc Surg. 2012 Jun;55(6):1812-3.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Medical expert witness litmus. J Vasc Surg. 2012 Aug;56(2):528-9.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. The question of an impaired surgeon dilemma. J Vasc Surg. 2012 Dec;56(6):1761-2.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. When is medical industry backing lacking? J Vasc Surg. 2012 Jun;55(6):1810-1. 
Karimi K, McKneally MF, Adamson PA. Ethical considerations in aesthetic rhinoplasty: a survey, critical analysis, and review. Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2012 Jun 18:1-9.
Kavarana M, Sade RM. Ethics in cardiac surgery. Future Cardiol 2012;8(3):451-466
Lin SS, Rich L, Pal JD, Sade RM. Prisoners on death row should be accepted as organ donors. Ann Thorac Surg 2012;93:1773-1779 
Sade RM. Foundational ethics of the health care system: the moral and practical superiority of free market reforms. Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine, 8th edition. New York:McGraw Hill, March 29, 2012
Sade RM. Health care reform: ethical foundations, policy, and law. J Am Coll Surg 2012;215(2):286-96
Sade RM. Should use of transcatheter aortic valve implantation be rationed? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143(4):769-770
Sade RM. The graying of America: challenges and controversies. J Law Med  Ethics 2012;40(1):6-9
Sade RM. The health care reform law (PPACA): controversies in ethics and policy. J Law Med & Ethics. 2012;40(3):523-525.
Sade RM. Why physicians should not lie for their patients. Am J Bioeth 2012;12(3):17-19
Williams JB, Mathews R, D’Amico TA. “Reality surgery”—A research ethics perspective on the live broadcast of surgical procedures. J Surg Educ 2011;68:58-61.

2011

Entwistle JWC, Sade RM, Petrucci RJ. The ethics of mechanical support: the need for new guidelines. Ann Thorac Surg 2011;92(6-December):1939-42.
Grzybowski A, Sade RM. Loff B. Ethical problems in invasive clinical research. (Correspondence) Ophthalmology. 2011 Apr;118(4):787-8.
Hecker S, Sade RM. Ethical issues in cardiothoracic surgery for the elderly. In: Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Elderly, Ed. Mark R. Katlic. New York:Springer. 2011:89-104.
Howard F, McKneally MF, Upshur RE, Levin AV. The formal and informal surgical ethics curriculum: views of resident and staff surgeons in Toronto. Am J Surg. 2011 Jun 28. [Epub ahead of print]
Immelt SJ, Gaudiani VA, Sade RM. Should the financial link between industry and physician consultants be severed? Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Sep;92(3):781-7.
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  Clinical Care Checklists: Salvations or Frustrations? Journal of Vascular Surgery 53: 1429-30, 2011.
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  How informed need be informed consent? Journal of Vascular Surgery 54:1830-1, 2011.
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  Patient-originated Futility Insight: Ethical Right or Ethical Plight?,  Journal of Vascular Surgery 54:237-9,  2011. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Business Dealings with  a Patient: Money Never Sleeps, Journal of Vascular Surgery 53: 856-7, 2011.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Ethics of re-hearsing procedures on a corpse. Journal of Vascular Surgery 54:870-880, 2011. 
McKneally MF.  Leopards and ghosts in the temple. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Dec;142(6):1339-40.
McKneally MF. The ethics of innovation: Columbus and others try something new. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Apr;141(4):863-6. Naunheim K, Bridges C, Sade RM. A Jehovah’s Witness patient who faces imminent exsanguination should be transfused.  Ann Thorac Surg 2011 Nov;92(5):1559-64. Epub 2011 Oct 31.
Petrucci RJ, Benish LA, Carrow BL, Prato L, Hankins SR, Eisen HJ, Entwistle JW. Ethical considerations for ventricular assist device support: a 10-point model. ASAIO J. 2011 Jul-Aug;57(4):268-73. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3182223269.
 Sade RM, American Association for Thoracic Surgery Ethics Committee and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Standards and Ethics Committee. Cardiothoracic Surgical Organizations’ Standards for Interactions with Companies. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Jul; 2011. Apr 30. [Epub ahead of print] 
Simultaneously published:
Sade RM, American Association for Thoracic Surgery Ethics Committee and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Standards and Ethics Committee. Cardiothoracic Surgical Organizations’ Standards for Interactions with Companies. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Jul;142:12-17. Epub 2011 May 8.
Sade RM. Brain death, cardiac death, and the dead donor rule. J SC Med Assoc. 2011 (August);107:99-102.
Sade RM. From laboratory to bedside: ethical, legal, and social issues in translational research. Am J Med Sci 2011 Oct;342(4):265-6.
Sade RM. Full disclosure: where is the evidence for nefarious conflicts of interest? Ann Thorac Surg. 2011(2) Aug;92:417-20
Sade RM. The locus of decision making for severely impaired newborn infants. Am J Bioethics 2011;11(2):40-41
Self D, Sade RM, Landry KA, Boisaubi EV. Case Study: Paul’s Dilemma—Pelvic examination: an educational tool? Ann Behav Sci Med Educ. 2011;17(Spring):32-35
Spillman MA, Sade RM. Does Fortune Foul Fidelity? Am J Bioethics 2011 Sep;11(9):14-15 

2010

Brockbank KGM, Swaja RE, Wueste DE, Sade RM. Resolving the shortage of organs for transplantation: ethics, science, and technology. J SC Med Assoc 2010;Oct;106:209-212
D'Amico TA, McKneally MF, Sade RM. Ethics in cardiothoracic surgery: a survey of surgeons' views. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Jul;90(1):11-13.
Epright C, Sade RM. Introduction: Conundrums and controversies in mental health and illness. J Law, Medicine & Ethics. 2010;38(4):722-726
Estrera AL, Ikonomidis S, Ikonomidis JS, Sade RM. Impending loss of insurance coverage is an indication to proceed with complex, expensive surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2010;Jun;89(6):1709-16
Howard F, McKneally MF, Levin AV. Integrating bioethics into postgraduate medical education: the University of Toronto model. Acad Med. 2010 Jun;85(6):1035-40 
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  Conflict of credentialing: accolade or unfair trade.  Journal of Vascular Surgery 50: 1511-12, 2009. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  I know About Jack and Your no Jack Kevorkian. Journal of Vascular Surgery 52: 489-90, 2010. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  The ethical hierarchy of do not resuscitate orders: Never say never.  Journal of Vascular Surgery 52: 1384-6, 2010.
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  To sleep or not to sleep, that is the question. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 51:133-4, 2010.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Where to declare poor nursing home care.  Journal of Vascular Surgery 50:934-5, 2009. 
King P, Sade RM.  Patient autonomy in surgery. Professionalism in Medicine: The Case-based Guide for Medical Students, Ed. John Spandorfer, Charles A. Pohl, Susan L. Rattner, and Thomas J. Nasca, New York:Cambridge University Press. 2010:34-36
McCullough LB, Jones JW.  Untangling ethical challenges in surgery.  Lancet 374:1058-9, 2009.
Sade RM. Breaches of health information: are electronic records different from paper records? J Clin Ethics. 2010;21(1):39-41
Sade RM. Dangerous Liaisons? Industry Relations with Health Professionals.  J Law, Medicine & Ethics. 2009;37(3):398-400 
Sade RM. Technical skill and informed consent. Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:87-90. http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2010/02/ccas3-1002.html. Accessed February 1, 2010 

2009

Adedeji S, Sokol DK, Palser T, McKneally M. Ethics of surgical complications. World J Surg. 2009 Apr;33(4):732-7 
Cerfolio RJ, Jacobs, JP, Sade RM. The ethics of transparency: publication of cardiothoracic surgical outcomes in the lay press. Ann Thorac Surg 2009;679-686
D’Amico TA, Krasna MJ, Sade RM.  No heroic measures—how soon is too soon to stop? Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:11-18
DiMaio JM, Salerno TA, Bernstein R, Araujo K, Ricci M, Sade RM. Ethical obligation of surgeons to non-compliant patients: Can a surgeon refuse to operate on an intravenous drug-abusing patient with recurrent aortic valve prosthesis infection? Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Jul;88(1):1-8
Goodman JC, Gorman L, Herrick D, Sade RM. Health Care Reform: Do Other Countries Have the Answers? National Center for Policy Analysis. Available at http://www.ncpa.org/pdfs/sp_Do_Other_Countries_Have_the_Answers.pdf. Accessed  May 7, 2009
Hippen B, Ross LF, Sade RM. Saving lives is more important than abstract moral concerns: financial incentives should be use to increase organ donation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009;88:1053-61
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  Conflict of Credentialing: Accolade or Unfair Trade.  Journal of Vascular Surgery 50: 1511-12, 2009. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  Dominions of Surrogate Opinions: Who is in Charge?  Journal of Vascular Surgery 49:249-50, 2009. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB. How to guarantee trainee moral purity?  Journal of Vascular Surgery 49:709-1, 2009.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Surgical Infomercials: The Price of Stardom.  Journal of Vascular Surgery 50:214-215, 2009. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB. To Transfer or not to Transfer, that is the Question. Journal of Vascular Surgery 49:1337-8,2009
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Where to declare Poor Nursing Home Care.  Journal of Vascular Surgery 50:934-5, 2009. 
Mack MJ, Sade RM, for the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Ethics Committee and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Standards and Ethics Committee. Relations Between Cardiothoracic Surgeons and Industry. Ann Thorac Surg 2009 May;87(5):1334-6
Simultaneously published:
Mack MJ, Sade RM, for the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Ethics Committee and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Standards and Ethics Committee. Relations Between Cardiothoracic Surgeons and Industry. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009 May;137(5):1047-9
McCullough LB, Jones JW.  Untangling Ethical Challenges in Surgery.  Lancet 374:1058-9, 2009.
McKneally MF, Martin DK, Ignagni E, D'Cruz J.  Responding to Trust:  Surgeons' Perspective on Informed Consent.  World Journal of Surgery.  Published online April 19, 2009
Sade RM. Dangerous Liaisons? Industry Relations with Health Professionals.  J Law, Medicine & Ethics. 2009;37(3):398-400

2008
 
Bostick A, Levine MA, Sade RM.  Ethical obligations of physicians participating in public health quarantine and isolation measures. Public Health Reports 2008 (Jan-Feb);123(1):3-8
Dresler C, Cherry M, Sade RM. Should smoking tobacco products in public places be legally banned? Ann Thorac Surg 2008;86:699-707
Jones JW (condensed) Declarations of intraoperative complications. Surgery News 2008 4;3:22
Jones JW (condensed) Patenting surgical procedures Surgery News 2008 4;5:18,
Jones JW, commentary on “Blood Substitute Still Under Scrutiny”, Surgery News 4;4: 19, 2008.
Jones JW, Ethics of Introducing New Operating Room Technology.   Surgery News in press
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. The ethics of surgical practice: cases, dilemmas, and resolutions. New York:Oxford University Press, 2008
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Just how far goes a DNR?  Journal of Vascular Surgery  48:1630-32,2008
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Live operative simulcasts: patient’s donations to surgeon’s educations. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2008 47:476-477
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Resolution of Retribution. Journal of Vascular Surgery 48: 244-5, 2008.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Surgical education: Eschewing the doing  Journal of Vascular Surgery 48: 1060-1061, 2008.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. The shifting sands of senility: Cancelled consent. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2008 47: 237-238
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Therapeutic boundary intersection disaffection. Journal of Vascular Surgery 47: 1116-1118, 2008.
Jones JW. (condensed) The medical tourist whose outcome went south. Contemporary Surgery 64: 290-1, 2008. 
McKneally MF, Singer PA.  Teaching bioethics to medical students and postgraduate trainees in the clinical setting.  In:  The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics, ed Singer PA, Viens A.  Cambridge University Press, 2008, 329-335
McKneally MF.  “We didn’t expect dementia and diapers”:  Reflections on the Nihon experience with type A aortic dissection in octogenarians.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:984-985
Sade RM and American Association for Thoracic Surgery Ethics Committee and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Standards and Ethics Committee. Broadcast of surgical procedures as a teaching instrument in cardiothoracic surgery. Ann Thorac Surgery 2008;86:357-361 
Simultaneously published: 
Sade RM and American Association for Thoracic Surgery Ethics Committee and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Standards and Ethics Committee. Broadcast of surgical procedures as a teaching instrument in cardiothoracic surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 136(2):273-277
Sade RM. Foundational ethics of the health care system: the moral and practical superiority of free market reforms. J Med Philos 2008;33(5):461-97
Sade RM. Religions and cultures of East and West: perspectives on bioethics. J Law Med Ethics. 2008, Spring;36(1):7-9
Sade RM. What benefits all. In Parker A.  Presidential priorities: What values should commander-in-chief hold most dear? The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) July 20, 2008: E3 
Zlotnik-Shaul R, Langer JC, McKneally MF.  Innovation in medical care: examples from surgery.  In:  The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics, ed Singer PA, Viens A.  Cambridge University Press, 2008, 194-200

2007

Black L, Sade RM. Lethal injection and physicians: state law vs medical ethics. JAMA  2007;298(23):2779-2781
Cohen MS, Jacobs JP, Quintessenza JA, Chai PJ, Lindberg HL, Dickey J, Ungerleider RM. Mentorship, learning curves, and balance. Cardiol Young. 2007 Sep;17 Suppl 2:164-74. 
Dickey J, Ungerleider R. Managing the demands of professional life. Cardiol Young. 2007 Sep;17 Suppl 2:138-44.
Himmelstein D, Goodman J, Sade RM. Our health care system at the crossroads: single payer or market reform? Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:1435-1446
Iserson KV, Cerfolio RJ, Sade RM.  Politely refuse the pen and note pad: gifts from industry to physicians harm patients. Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84(4);1077-1084
Jones JW (Condensed) Over-scheduling imposes conflict of commitment Surgery News 3:12, 2007. 
Jones JW (Condensed) The perils of intentional overtreatment Surgery News 3:17, 2007 
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. A comprehensive primer of surgical informed consent. Surg Clin No America 87:903-918,2007. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  Going public with amazing cases  Journal of Vascular Surgery 45: 1084-5, 2007.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Are ethics practical when externals impact your clinical judgment? Journal of Vascular Surgery 45: 1282-4, 2007. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Case-load outcome credentialing: taking from the have-nots. . J Vasc Surg 45: 214-6, 2007.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Ethics of over-scheduling: when enough becomes too much. . J Vasc Surg 45: 635-6, 2007. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Ethics of unprofessional behavior that disrupts: crossing the line. 45: 433-5, 2007  . J Vasc Surg 45: 433-5, 2007 
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Fiduciary economization: your wealth or your health.  (in press . J Vasc Surg) 
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Institutional futility: factual or phony?  Journal of Vascular Surgery. 46:169-70,2007. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Intentional over-treatment: the unmentionable conflict-of-interest.  Journal of Vascular Surgery 46:605-7, 2007
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Live operative simulcasts: patient’s donations to surgeon’s educations (in press journal of Vascular Surgery)
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Medical tort falls short in court Journal of Vascular Surgery 46:1303-5, 2007. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB. The extent of informed consent.  Journal of Vascular Surgery46: 821-822, 2007
Jones JW, McCullough LB. What to do when an international travelers care goes south. Journal of Vascular Surgery 46:1077-1079, 2007.
Jones JW. (Condensed) “Would the real authors please stand up?”, Surgery News 2:21, 2007.  
Jones JW. (Condensed) Going Public with Amazing Cases. Surgery News 3 : 17,2007.  
Jones JW. (Condensed) When the data do not support the findings.  Contemporary Surgery 63: 505-6, 2007. 
Jones JW. Why Maintain Integrity in Institutional Marketing?  Surgery News 3:17, 2007.
Jones, JW.  (Condensed) “Whodunit: Ghost Surgery and Ethical Billing, Surgery News. 2: 17, 2006.
McKneally MF.  Beyond disclosure:  Managing conflicts of interest to strengthen trust in our profession.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg  2007;133:300-302.
Oberheu K, Jones J, Sade RM. A surgeon operates on his son: wisdom or hubris? Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:723-728 
Sade RM. A national survey of physician-industry relationships. N Engl J Med 2007;356:
Sade RM. Confidentiality of medical information after death. JAMA 2007;297(23):2585
Sade RM. Ethical foundations of health care system reform. Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:1429-1431 
Sade RM. Health care disparities in racial and ethnic minority populations. J SC Med Assoc  2007;103:16-17
Sade RM. On moralizing and hidden agendas. Am J Bioethics. 2007:7(9):42-43
Sade RM. Reflections on emerging technologies at the centennial of organ transplantation. J Law Med & Ethics 2007;35(2):235-237
Ungerleider RM Whom does the Grail serve? A vision of transformation in thoracic surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Jun;83(6):1927-33. 
2006

Berg P, Cohen E, McKneally M.  Controversies in Cardiothoracic Surgery: Should therapeutic cloning be supported to provide stem cells for cardiothoracic research and treatment?  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;131:937-940.
Block MI, Khitin LM, Sade RM.  Ethical process in publication of human research. Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82(1):6-11
Bostick NA, Benjamin R, McMahan J, Sade RM.  Withholding information from patients. J Clin Ethics. 2006;17(4):
Bostick NA, Levine MA, Sade RM.  The use of quarantine and isolation as public health interventions. Public Health Reports.  In press.
Edgell D, Hilborn B, McKneally M.  Ethics:  Enhancing interdisciplinary team practice.  Canadian Perfusion 2006;16:20-24.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. A Helping Hand Bitten: An Ethical Response to the Personal Malpractice Suits. J Vasc Surg 43:442-5,2006     
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Ethics and professionalism: Do we need yet another surgeon’s charter? J Vasc Surg 44:903-6, 2006.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. From Premiums to Payouts: Who’s behind the malpractice crisis, anyway? J Vasc Surg 43:335-8, 2006 
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. My Brother’s Keeper: The Ethics of Uncompensated Care for illegal immigrants. J Vasc Surg 44:679-82, 2006. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Other People’s Money: Ethics, Economics and Bad Outcomes. J Vasc Surg 43:564-6, 2006. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Painted into a corner: Unexpected complications in treating a Jehovah's Witness. J Vasc Surg 44: 425-8,2006.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. When the Data Won’t get you there: The Ethics of Scientific Error, and Worse.  J Vasc Surg 43: 1308-10, 2006.
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  Industrial Funding of Professional Foundations: Just a New Black Sheep? Journal of Vascular Surgery 44: 1126-8, 
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  Industrial Funding of Professional Foundations: Just a New Black Sheep? J Vasc Surg 44: 1126-8,2006   
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Case-load Outcome Credentialing: Taking from the have-nots. (in press JVS)
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Ethics of Over-scheduling: When Enough becomes too Much. (in press JVS) 
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Ethics of Unprofessional Behavior that Disrupts: Crossing the Line (in press JVS)
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Quality Credentialing: Boon or Boondoggle? Ethics of Insurance Payor Credentialing, J Vasc Surg 43: 1073-1075, 2006 
Jones JW.  Condensed “Would the Real Authors Please Stand up?”, Surgery News 2:21, 2007.   
Jones JW. Compensation Conundrum Surgery News 2:4, 2006
Jones JW. The Surgeon’s Autonomy: Defining Limits in Therapeutic Decision Making pp 75-92. in Ethical Guidelines for Innovative Surgery Eds. Reitsma A, Moreno J. University Publishing Group, Hagerstown, PA. 2006.  
Jones, JW.  Condensed “Whodunit: Ghost Surgery and Ethical Billing, Surgery News. 2: 17, 2006.
Levin A, Berry S, Kassardjian CD, Howard F, McKneally M.  “Ethics teaching is as important as my clinical education”:  A survey of participants in residency education at a single university.  UTMJ 2006;84:60-63.
McKneally M.  Put my name on that paper:  Reflections on the ethics of authorship.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg  2006;131:517-519.
McKneally MF.  Innovation in surgery:  Ethical issues.  Minimal Invasive Chirurgie 2006;14:134-136.
McKneally MF.  Managing expectations and fear.  Invited commentary on:  Erde E.  Indecency in cardiac surgery:  A memoir of my education at a super-esteemed medical place (SEMP).  J Cardiac Surg 2006;21:1-2.
Morreim H, Mack MJ, Sade RM. Surgical innovation: too risky to remain unregulated? Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Dec;82(6):1957-6
Sade RM, Blum E. Ethics Forum: Pay-for-performance programs stir controversy: Is pay-for-performance a viable way to improve patient care and safety?  Am Med News.  2006 Nov 6
Sade RM. "Surgical research or comic opera" redux.  Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Oct;82(4):1173-4
Sade RM. Defining the beginning and the end of human life: implications for ethics, policy, and law. J Law Med & Ethics.  2006;34(1):6-7.
Sade RM. Health care disparities in racial and ethnic minority populations. The Scribe. 2006;28:2-3
Sade RM. The primary obligation of physicians should be to their patients, not to society.  J So Carolina Med Assoc 2006;102(3):81-83
Sade, RM. Reports of clinical trials: ethical aspects. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132(2):245-6
Taub S, Stewart D, Sade RM. Transplantation of organs from living donors. JAMA.  In press
Vida V, Stellin G, Sade RM.  Aldo R. Castaneda.  Cardiology in the Young. June, 2006. 2006;16(3):221-8
Zeller M, Perruzza E, Austin L, Vohra S, Stephend D, Abdolell M, McKneally M, Levin A.  Parental understanding of the role of trainees in the ophthalmic care of their children.  Ophthalmology 2006;113:2292-2297.

2005

Jones JW, McCullough LB, Crigger NA, Richman BW. The Ethics of Administrative Credentialing. J Vasc Surg 41:729-731, 2005.  
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Consultation or Corruption? The Ethics of Signing on to the Medical-industrial Complex. J Vasc Surg 43:192-5, 2005 
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Ethical Nuances of Combining Romance with Medical Practice. J Vasc Surg 41: 174-175, 2005. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Informed Consent: Its not just a signature on a Consent Form.  Thoracic Surgery Clinics 15: 451-460, 2005.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Show Me the Money: Ethics of Physician’s Income   J Vasc Surg 42,377-9, 2005.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. The Ethics of By-lines: Would the Real Authors Please Stand Up? J Vasc Surg 42:816-818, 2005.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. The Ethics of Operating on a Family Member.  J Vasc Surg 42:1033-5, 2005.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Whodunit?  Ghost Surgery and Ethical Billing. J Vasc Surg 42: 1239-41, 2005. 
Jones JW, McCullough, Richman BW. Physician Assisted Suicide: Has it come of Age? Surgery 138:105-108, 2005.
Mavroudis C, Mavroudis CD, Naunheim K, Sade R.  Should surgical errors always be disclosed to the patient? Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80(2):399-408
McCarthy P, Lamm R, Sade R. Medical ethics collides with public policy: LVAD for a patient with leukemia. Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80(3:793-798
McCullough LB, Richman BW, Jones JW.  Withdrawal of Life-sustaining Low-burden Care.   J Vasc Surg 42: 167-8, 2005.  
Nallamothu B, Eagle K, Ferraris V, Sade R. Should coronary artery bypass grafting be regionalized? Ann Thorac Surg.  2005 (Nov);80(5):1572-81
Reynolds S, Cooper AB, McKneally M.  Withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: Ethical considerations. Thorac Surg Clin 2005;15:469-480.
Robb A, Etchells E, Cusimano MD, Cohen R, Singer PA, McKneally M.  A randomized trial of teaching bioethics to surgical residents.  Am J Surg 2005; 189:453-7.
Sade RM.  All we do not know.  New Horizons in Cardiothoracic Surgery.  http://www.ctsnet.org/sections/residents/newhorizons/article-7.html  Accessed November 16, 2005
Sade RM.  Practical reasons to review cases of plaintiffs. Ann Thorac Surg. 2005;80:381
Sade RM.  The third option. Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79(3):1092-92
Sade RM. Ethical issues in Thoracic Surgery. Thorac Surg Clin 2005;15:xi-xiii
Sade RM. Transplantation at 100 years: Alexis Carrel, 1905. Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80(6):2415-18 
Wright L, McKneally M.  The ethics of treating ailing visitors. Toronto Star, Aug 15, 2004, pg A-13.

2004

Dickey J, Ungerleider RM, Coselli JS, Conklin LD, Sade RM. The surgeon’s work in transition: should surgeons spend more time outside the hospital? Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77:11-45-51  
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Crigger NA, Richman BW. Ethics of  Introducing New Operating Room Technology.  J Vasc Surg 39: 482-483, 2004.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW.  Ethic of Refusal to Treat Patients to Make a Social Statement. J Vasc Surg 40: 1057-1059, 2004.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW.  Response to Critique of Boutique Medicine Paper  J Vasc Surg 40: 263, 2004  
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. An impaired surgeon, a conflict of interest, and supervisory responsibilities. Surgery 135: 449-51, 2004. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Clinical Disagreements Between Residents and Faculty Physicians.  J Vasc Surg 39: 270-272, 2004.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Ethics and Commercial Insurance.  J Vasc  Surg 39:692-3, 2004.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Ethics of Boutique Medical Practice.  J Vasc Surg 39: 1354-55, 2004. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Ethics of Personal Advertising in Surgery. J Vasc Surg 40:397-399, 2004. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Ethics of Professional Courtesy. J Vasc Surg 39: 1140-1, 2004.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Ethics of Serving as a Plaintiff’s Expert Witness.  Surgery 136: 100-102, 2004. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Ethics of Surgical Innovation to Treat Rare Diseases.  J Vasc Surg 39: 918-919, 2004. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Family Surgeon Disagreements Over Interventions
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Standard of Care: What Does it Really Mean? J Vasc Surg 40: 1255-1257, 2004.  
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. The Ethics of Innovative Surgical Approaches for Well-established Procedures J Vasc Surg 40: 199-201, 2004. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. The Military Physician’s Ethical Response to Evidence of Torture Surgery 136: 1090-1093, 2004.  
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Training on Newly Deceased Patients. Surgery 135: 108-109, 2004.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Stem Cell Research: Obligations When Religious Values Conflict with Professional Values.  J Vasc Surg 40: 589-91,2004.
Jones JW. Response to Zinberg’s Letter to the Editor. Surgery 135:118-119, 2004. J Vasc Surg  40:831-2, 2004. 
Kouchoukos NT, Cohn LH, Sade RM. Are Surgeons Ethically Obligated to Refer Patients to Other Surgeons Who Achieve Better Results? Ann Thorac Surg 2004; 77:757-60
McKneally MF, Ignagni E, Martin DK, D'Cruz J.  The leap to trust:   Perspective of cholecystectomy patients on informed decision-making and consent.  J Am Coll Surg. July 2004;199(1):51-57.
Sade RM. Evolution, prevention and responses to aggressive behavior and violence.  J Law, Med Ethics 2004;32(1):8-17
Taub S, Morin K, Spillman M, Sade RM.  Managing familial risk in genetic testing. Genetic Testing 2004;8(3):356-59
Taub S, Morin K, Spillman M, Sade RM.  Safeguards in the use of DNA databanks in genomic research. Genetics in Medicine 2004;6(6):526-29 

2003

Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Advanced Age, Dementia, and an Abdominal Aneurysm: Intervene? J Vasc Surg 37: 1132-1133, 2003.  
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Disclosure of HIV Positivity and the Limits of Confidentiality.  J Vasc Surg 38:1443-1444, 2003.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Ethics of Institutional Marketing.  J Vasc Surg 38:409-410, 2003.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Ethics of Operative Scheduling: Fiduciary Patient Responsibilities, and More.  J Vasc  Surg   38: 204-5, 2003. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Management of Disagreements Between Attending and Consultant.  J Vasc Surg 38: 1137-8, 2003.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Patient Responsibilities, Family Responsibilities. J Vasc Surg 37: 698-9, 2003.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. The Ethics of Clinical Pathways and Cost Control.  J Vasc Surg 37: 1341-2, 2003.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. The Ethics of Sham Research in Surgery. J Vasc Surg 37: 482-3, 2003.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. The Surgeon’s Obligations to the Non-compliant Patient. J Vasc Surg 38: 626-7, 2003.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. What to tell Patients Harmed by Other Physicians.  J Vasc Surg 38:866-7,2003.  
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW. Withdrawal of Operative Consent.  Surgery 133: 692-3, 2003.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. A Surgeon’s Obligations to a Jehovah’s Witness’ Child Surgery 133: 110-111, 2003.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. A Surgeon’s Obligations to a Jehovah’s Witness’ Child.  Surgery 133: 110-111, 2003.
Jones JW, McCullough LE. Do Unto Others: Justice in Surgical Education Surgery 133: 443-4, 2003.
Jones JW, McCullough LE. Do Unto Others: Justice in Surgical Education.   Surgery 133: 443-4, 2003.
Jones JW, Richman BW, McCullough LB. Ethics of Patenting Surgical Procedures.  J Vasc Surg 37:235-6, 2003.
Jones JW, Richman BW, McCullough LB. HIV infected surgeon: Professional responsibility, business responsibility, and self-interest. J Vasc Surg 37: 914-15, 2003.
Jones JW. Informed Consent in Teaching Hospitals. J Vasc Surg 37: 918-9, 2003
Jones JW. Permanent Vegetative State. Surgery 133: 122, 2003.
McKneally MF, Daar AS.  Introducing new technologies:  Protecting subjects of surgical innovation and research.  World J Surg 2003;27:930-935.
McKneally MF, Sade RM.  The Prisoner Dilemma:  Should convicted felons have the same access to heart transplantation as ordinary citizens?  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;125:451-453.
Sade RM.  Assessing initiatives to increase organ donation.  Hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 2003;Serial No. 108-36:51-54
Sade RM.  Publication of unethical research studies: the importance of informed consent. Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:325-328.
Sade RM. Complementary and alternative medicine: foundations, ethics, and law.  J Law, Med Ethics 2003;31(2):183-90
Sade RM. Why illegal aliens get a place in line: Duke case involved a serious medical error, not a transplant policy violation.  Modern Healthcare  2003;(March 31):16
Taub S, Maixner A, Morin K, Sade RM.  Cadaveric organ donation: encouraging the study of motivation.  Transplantation 2003;76:748-51
Zlotnik-Shaul R, McKneally MF.  Ethical considerations for innovations and clinical trials.  Sem Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;15:380-385.

2002

Bondeson WB, Jones JW. Introduction to the Ethics of Managed Care. In The Ethics of Managed Care: Professional Integrity and Patient Rights, eds. Bondison WB, Jones JW. pp 9-12, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 2002.
Gill M, Sade RM. Payment for Kidneys: The Case for Repealing Prohibition. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal  2002;12(1):17-46
Reprinted in:  Levine C (ed). Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Bioethical Issues , Tenth Edition. McGraw-Hill/Dushkin. 2003
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  Surgeon-industry relationships:  Ethically responsible management of conflicts of interest.  J Vasc Surg 2002 Apr;35(4):825-6.
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  Abdominal aortic aneurysm in a death row inmate.  J Vasc Surg 2002 Mar;35(3):621-2.
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  A surgeon’s obligations when performing new procedures.  J Vasc Surg 2002 Feb;35(2):409-10.
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  When to refer to another surgeon.  J Vasc Surg 2002 Jan;35(1):192.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Arsenic and Old Lace: End-of-Life Care in the Postoperative Period. Surgery 131:583-4, 2002.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Refusal of Life-saving treatment in the Aged. J Vasc Surg 35:1068, 2002. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  Futility and Surgical Intervention. J Vasc Surg 35(6): 1305, 2002. 
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Complying with Advance Directives in the Operating Room.  J Vasc Surg 36:199-200, 2002
Jones JW, McCullough LB. When Does Conventional Surgical Therapy Become Research? J Vasc Surg 36:423-4, 2002.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Consent for Residents to Perform Surgery   J Vasc Surg 36:655-6, 2002.
Jones JW, McCullough LB. Disclosure of Intraoperative Events.  Surgery 132:531-2, 2002. 
Jones JW. Surgical Databases: Ethics in Evolution.  Ann Thorac Surg 74:983-985, 2002.
Jones JW, Richman BW, McCullough LB. The Public’s Right to Know? Surgical Treatment of Public Figures.   J Vasc Surg 36: 865-6, 2002.
Jones JW, McCullough LB, Richman BW.  Professional Self-regulation: Eyewitness to Incompetent Surgery.  J Vasc Surg 36: 1091-2, 2002.
McCullough LB, Richman BW, Jones JW. Nonmonetary Conflicts of Interest.  J Vasc Surg 36:1309-10, 2002. 
McKneally MF.  Controversies in Cardiothoracic Surgery:  Is it ethical to advertise surgical results to increase referrals?  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002;123:839-841.
McKneally MF.  Commentary on “Ethics and innovation in medicine” by GJ Agich.  Cardiothoracic Digest http://ctdigest.com/Mar02. 
Morin K, Rakatansky H, Riddick FA Jr, Morse LJ, O’Bannon JM 3rd, Goldrich MS, Ray P, Weiss M, Sade RM, Spillman MA.  Managing conflicts of interest in the conduct of clinical trials.  JAMA 2002;287 (1):78-84.
Sade RM, McKneally MF, Guinn DE.  Witnessing death, preserving life:  An ethical dilemma (hypothetical case); Witnessing death as lifesaving treatment is withheld;  Honor the patient's wishes;  Editorial comment on McKneally's and Guinn's discussions.  Ann Thorac Surg 2002;74:1429-1433.
Sade RM, McKneally M.  Responsibilities of investigators. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002;123:837-838 and Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:13646-1365.
Sade RM.  Profits and professionalism.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002;123:403-5.
Sade RM. Research on stored biological samples is still research.  Arch Int Med 2002;162(13):1439-40
Sade RM. HIV/AIDS as an epidemic: ethical issues at the 20th anniversary. Health Care Anal 2002;10(1):1-4
Sade RM.  Medicine and morals, managed care and markets. In Bondeson WB and Jones JW, ed., The Ethics of Managed Care: Professional Integrity and Patient Rights.  Med Philosophy Book Series.  Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 2002; 76:55-74
Sade RM, Kay N, Pitzer S, Drake P, Baliga P, Haines S.  Increasing organ donation: a successful new concept. Transplantation  2002;74:1142-46

2001

Jones JW, McCullough LB.  Consent for an intraoperative video record.  J Vasc Surg 2001 Dec;34(6):1133-4.
Jones JW, McCullough LB.  Religiously-based treatment refusal.  J Vasc Surg 2001 Nov;34(5):952.
Jones JW.  The question of racial bias in thoracic surgery:  Appearances and realities.  Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:6-8.
Lipman AJ, Sade RM, Glotzbach AL, Lancaster CJ, Marshall MF.  The incremental  value of internet-based instruction in ethics: a prospective randomized study.  Academ Med 2001;76(10):72-6.
McCullough LB, Jones JW. Postoperative futility: a clinical algorithm for setting limits. Brit J Surg 88:1153-4, 2001.
McKneally MF.  “We don’t do that here”:  Reflections on the Sienna experience with dissecting aneurysms of the thoracic aorta in octogenarians.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;121:202-203.  See also:  Reply.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;122:1049a-1050a.
McKneally MF.  A bypass for the IRB:  Reflections on the Cleveland Clinic study of the Batista operation.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;121:837-839.
McKneally MF.  Commentary on “Clinical ethics committees:  A worldwide development” by A Slowther, T Hope, R Ashcroft.  Cardiothoracic Digest http://ctdigest.com/Jun01. 
McKneally MF.  Commentary on “Harm, ethics committees and the gene therapy death” by J Savulescu.  Cardiothoracic Digest http://ctdigest.com/Aug01. 
McKneally MF.  Commentary on “When is surgery research?  Towards an operational definition of human research” by CE Margo.  Cardiothoracic Digest http://ctdigest.com/Mar01.
Parmley WW, Sanderson RG.  Issues and ethics of the hiring of cardiothoracic surgeons by cardiology practices.  J Am Coll Cardiol.  2001;38 (1);268-9.
Sade RM, Morin K. Principles of medical ethics: The proposed revision of 2001.  J So Carolina Med Assoc 2001;97(2):72-5.
Sade RM.  Autonomy and beneficence in an information age. Health Care Analysis  2001;9(3):247-54
Sade RM.  Deceiving insurance companies:  New expression of an ancient tradition.  Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:1449-53.
Sanderson RG.  Ethical and legal concerns in relationships with cardiologists.  Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:3-5.
Uhlig PN.  Improving patient care in hospitals.  J Innovative Management Fall 2001;19-41.

2000

Arnold J, Sade RM.  Treating Pain: New Guidelines for Using Controlled Substances.  J So Carolina Med Assoc 2000;96(3):105-10
Jones JW.  Ethics of rapid surgical technological advancement.  Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:676-7.
McKneally MF.  An entrustment model of consent for surgical treatment of life-threatening illness:  Perspective of patients requiring esophagectomy.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;120:264-9.
McKneally MF.  Commentary on “Bioethics of the refusal of blood by Jehovah’s Witnesses:  Part 3. A proposal for a don’t-ask-don’t-tell policy”  by O Muramoto.  Cardiothoracic Digest  http://ctdigest.com/Feb00.
McKneally MF.  Commentary on “Can unequal be more fair?:  A response to Andrew Avins.” By SJL Edwards, DA Braunholtz.  Cardiothoracic Digest http://ctdigest.com/Aug00. 
McKneally MF.  Commentary on “Infectious health care workers:  Should patients be told?” by O Blatchford, SJ O’Brien, M Blatchford, A Taylor.  Cardiothoracic Digest http://ctdigest.com/Apr00.
McKneally MF.  Commentary on “Starting clinical trials of xenotransplantation – Reflections on the ethics of the early phase” by S. Welin.  Cardiothoracic Digest http://ctdigest.com/Nov00.
Sade RM, Williams TH, Perlman DJ, Haney CL, Stroud M.  Ethics gap in surgery.  Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:326-9.